diff --git a/app-misc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-6.8.19.ebuild b/app-misc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-6.8.19.ebuild
index 6b347e7957c4e..24df69cda8d54 100644
--- a/app-misc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-6.8.19.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-6.8.19.ebuild
@@ -85,4 +85,6 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 	ewarn "prior to keystore generation or you may experience startup fails."
 	ewarn "chown root:${PN} /etc/${PN} && chmod 2750 /etc/${PN}"
 	ewarn "chown root:${PN} /etc/${PN}/${PN}.keystore && chmod 0660 /etc/${PN}/${PN}.keystore"
+
+	tmpfiles_process
 }